The eagerly anticipated Steam Summer Sale is now underway, and will run through July 22nd, with new deals to be added every day. The website seems to be struggling at this moment to meet demand, so a little refreshing may be required. Word is: "The annual Steam Summer Sale is on now. Gamers will find amazing deals on thousands of games. The Summer Sale will again feature more than straight discounts, offering Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and 'Customer Choice' Sales, the latter allowing gamers to vote for a title on a given list to be put on sale for a limited time." They list a; the Summer Sale 2012 Publisher Packs, there is a list of top sellers on sale down at the bottom of the page, along with a selection of flash sales that only last a few hours each, like Deus Ex: Human Revolution for 75% off for the next five hours. Here are today's specials:

Dev wrote on Jul 15, 2012, 07:12:Same, was it because of the silver pack of all the valve games? As I recall, thats why I did mine, so I didn't get dupe games, and maybe sell the games at some point.

Why I bought HL2 I created a new account, as I wasn't sure how Steam worked back then. I didn't realise it was separate to my original account with Half-Life on it. It doesn't really matter but I'd have preferred to keep my older account.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jul 14, 2012, 18:03:I've already completed the Pillar of Community award, have 7 years of service (I had an older Steam account but bought games on a newer account and ended up sticking with it) and just need to keep up with the voting to max out the Steam Summer Sale 2012 badge.

Same, was it because of the silver pack of all the valve games? As I recall, thats why I did mine, so I didn't get dupe games, and maybe sell the games at some point.

Looking back I shouldn't have done it. I'd rather have had an 8 year badge, and a lower digit steam ID number

Mr. Tact wrote on Jul 13, 2012, 21:07:It wasn't horrid, but Steam was clearly under pressure, my download rate varying from 2 Mbps to 0. Stayed at 0 for as long as 20 seconds a couple of times (and I know my Internet wasn't dead because I was web browsing on the other monitor).

I got 3.4MB/s downloading Max Payne 3 and it was consistent, so no complaints here. The store has been inaccessible a few times but it's been much more reliable than previous sales. Overall I think Valve has done a pretty decent job.

I've already completed the Pillar of Community award, have 7 years of service (I had an older Steam account but bought games on a newer account and ended up sticking with it) and just need to keep up with the voting to max out the Steam Summer Sale 2012 badge.

Ok, I'm already about $50 dollars into this... where is the 75%+ off Skyrim, Batman AC, etc.

ps. I bought Warlock: Master of the Arcane when it was 5 bucks... easily the best 5 dollars I have spent. However the DLC appears to not be functional? I'll try to figure it out once my eyes recover from the 9 hour marathon Warlock game I played yesterday.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Jul 13, 2012, 17:59:No issues buying or downloading. Played a few of the games I bought already.

It wasn't horrid, but Steam was clearly under pressure, my download rate varying from 2 Mbps to 0. Stayed at 0 for as long as 20 seconds a couple of times (and I know my Internet wasn't dead because I was web browsing on the other monitor).

Dev wrote on Jul 13, 2012, 15:02:If anyone likes worms reloaded, its $2 to get the GotY upgrade DLC pack right now (includes all DLC from the game) its a flash sale only for 6 more hours.http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13771/

And I picked up the tribes ascend for $5 (daily)

Almost bought it - but I had it already.....not the pack itself, but had bought all of the DLC when it was super cheap....not the first time I would have bought something I already have!

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jul 13, 2012, 08:30:Hmm... I missed that one because I had to sleep. I'd even voted for it to go on sale. I'd much prefer it if each sale lasted 12hrs but there were several overlapping, so it was constantly changing. As it is people are going to miss sales and get annoyed (that's why Valve added the countdown timers in the first place).